Scream and Prey stars join Mike Flanagan's Carrie TV series, completing the Stephen King adaptation's main cast

Cult of Chucky star Summer Howell is set to lead the new Carrie adaptation, helmed by Mike Flanagan. The Canadian actress has been officially announced to play the title role, along with the rest of the cast.

The Pitt star Samantha Sloyan will star as Carrie's mother Margaret White, along with Prey's Amber Midthunder as Miss Desjardin and Scream's Matthew Lillard as Principal Grayle.

Flanagan has adapted several works by Stephen King, including Netflix's Gerald’s Game, The Shining sequel Doctor Sleep, and the upcoming The Life of Chuck. He is also known for his horror work in movies like Oculus, and TV series like The Haunting of Hill House, Midnight Mass, and The Fall of the House of Usher.

Kimberly Peirce re-adapted the story in 2013 with Chloë Grace Moretz as Carrie and Julianne Moore as her mother, but let's hope Flanagan does better than that.

Prime Video described this TV adaptation as a "bold and timely reimagining of the story of misfit high-schooler Carrie White", so we can expect Flanagan's new take to change some things along the way. The story, however, is the same – repressed by an ultra-religious mother and tormented by her classmates at school, Carrie White struggles to keep her telekinetic powers under control.

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